Commonwealth Games 2026 served up a frenetic day of action across track, velodrome and court, with medals changing hands in dramatic fashion and several favourites delivering in front of a noisy Glasgow crowd.
Jamaica win women’s 4x100m relay!
Ashanti Moore anchored Jamaica to victory in the women’s 4x100m, holding off Canada’s Audrey Leduc to the line. Trinidad and Tobago secured bronze, followed by Australia, England, Nigeria and Scotland.
Australia win gold in men’s 4x100m relay!
Australia surged from the outside lane to take the men’s 4x100m title. Lachlan Kennedy’s opening leg set the tone, with Rohan Browning fending off Canada’s Andre De Grasse on the anchor. Nigeria edged Ghana for bronze by one-hundredth of a second.
Kenya’s Matthew Kipsang wins gold in men’s 5000m
Ky Robinson pushed on with 600m to go, but the decisive move came from Matthew Kipsang, who powered clear down the back straight and celebrated across the line. Robinson claimed silver, with India’s Gulveer Singh taking bronze.
Scotland’s Melanie Woods wins women’s T54 400m!
Melanie Woods completed a Glasgow double, adding T54 400m gold to her 1500m title from the previous day. Noemi Alphonse of Mauritius earned silver and Bermuda’s Jess Lewis the bronze.
England’s Henry Hobbs wins men’s scratch race after massive pile-up
Chaos in the velodrome’s men’s 10km scratch race saw a heavy fall with two laps remaining. England’s 19-year-old Henry Hobbs kept his line and finished ahead of Australia’s Thomas Cornish, with England’s Ethan Vernon third.
Australia’s Leigh Hoffman wins gold in men’s sprint
Leigh Hoffman clinched the men’s sprint crown after a tight second heat with Nicholas Paul of Trinidad and Tobago. Tayte Ryan sealed Australia’s bronze in the playoff against England’s Harry Ledingham-Horn.
England’s Kelly Petersen-Pollard wins gold in women’s 70kg judo
Kelly Petersen-Pollard upgraded her Birmingham bronze to Commonwealth gold, defeating Australia’s Aoife Coughlan by ippon in the -70kg final. She said the result left her “chuffed.”
Gold for Emma Finucane in women’s 1,000m time trial
Wales’ Emma Finucane topped the women’s time trial podium, with England’s Sophie Capewell taking silver and Wales’ Rhian Edmonds bronze. New Zealand’s Olympic champion Ellesse Andrews finished third in her run, confirming Finucane’s title.
Gold and silver for Wales in the women’s 25km points race
Anna Morris dominated the points race for Wales, with teammate Jess Roberts in silver and Australia’s Georgia Baker third. It was Morris’s second gold of the Games and Wales’s fourth track medal of the day.
Neil Fachie takes gold!
Scotland’s Neil Fachie secured another Commonwealth title in the men’s tandem sprint with pilot Aaron Paul. After a crash led to a restart in the decider, the Scottish pair stayed upright to hold off Wales for gold.
Gold for India in women’s 51kg
India added another boxing title as Sakshi outpointed England’s White, who pressed late but could not overturn the deficit, leaving the ring with silver.
Jamaica stun Australia to reach netball final!
Jamaica edged Australia 46-45 in a netball semi-final upset. Australia’s late push fell short when Sophie Dwyer missed at the buzzer, sending Jamaica to only their second Commonwealth final and avenging their defeat to Australia four years ago.
Gold for England’s Isaac Okoh
England’s Isaac Okoh outboxed Williams to claim gold, extending England’s tally to 21 titles for the Games at that stage, though still trailing Australia’s leading haul.
More golds for Australia
Australia closed the afternoon with two athletics titles, as Matthew Denny won the men’s discus ahead of Jamaica’s Fedrick Dacres and England’s Lawrence Okoye, and Rhiannon Clarke beat double Olympic champion Sophie Hahn to win the women’s T38 200m.
Gold for McConnell and Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland’s Jon McConnell won his boxing final by split decision, adding the nation’s second gold of the Games after Kate O’Connor’s heptathlon triumph.
Gold for Mughalzai
Patris Mughalzai defeated Jacob Cassar to capture Commonwealth boxing gold, marking England’s 20th title at that point in the programme.
Dejanea Oakley wins 400m gold!
Jamaica’s Dejanea Oakley justified favourite status in the women’s 400m, clocking 50.21. Sada Williams earned silver and Ella Onojuvwevwo took bronze.
Samuel Ogazi storms to 400m gold!
Nigeria’s Samuel Ogazi, the year’s fastest over one lap, took a commanding men’s 400m win in 44.25. Trinidad and Tobago’s Jereem Richards secured silver and South Africa’s Zakithi Nene bronze.
Jordan Scott wins triple jump gold
Jamaica’s Jordan Scott took the men’s triple jump with 16.72m, ahead of India’s Praveen Chithravel on 16.58m and Selva Prabhu Thirumaran on 16.52m.
England’s Nathan Maguire wins gold!
England’s Nathan Maguire broke clear on the final lap to take the men’s T54 1500m, with teammate Daniel Sidbury taking silver and Australia’s Sam Rizzo bronze.
New Zealand beat England in netball semi-final
New Zealand defeated England 61-54 to book a place in the netball final for the first time since 2014. The Black Ferns, bronze medallists four years ago, will face Jamaica after their upset of Australia.
Preamble – Commonwealth Games 2026
Day nine featured 44 gold medals on offer. The evening athletics session at Scotstoun Stadium promised a packed slate, including men’s and women’s 400m, the mile finals, both 4x100m relays, the men’s 5000m, men’s triple jump, women’s long jump and the women’s javelin, with Scotland’s home hopes focused on Melanie Woods and the men’s mile challenge of Josh Kerr and Jake Wightman.
The session continued a strong Games for Australia on the track, following earlier successes such as Rose Davies Commonwealth Games gold in Glasgow. Fans in Scotland were treated to another day of high drama and tight finishes across multiple venues.
Organisers hailed the smooth running of events at venues across the city, including the Emirates Arena and the velodrome. The Commonwealth Games Federation continued to highlight the legacy of recent host cities on its official Commonwealth Sport site.